Therapeutic Yoga and Resistance Exercise for Lung Cancer (ASSURE)
Lung Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Lung Cancer focused on measuring caregiver, lung cancer, yoga, resistance exercise
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of Primary Lung Cancer Stage I-IV (all stages)
- Any form of Lung cancer included: Small Cell Lung Cancer and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Age: 18 years or above
- Patients at any time point during treatment: ongoing treatment, completed treatment or recently diagnosed and about to start treatment
- Karnofsky Performance Status ≥ 50 (Appendix A)
- Life expectancy at least one year -
Exclusion Criteria:
- Metastatic lung disease that would preclude safe exercise prescription
- Secondary Lung cancer due to metastasis from other parts of body
- Co-morbid conditions such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, dementia, cerebrovascular diseases.
- Individuals who would be unsafe to participate in an intervention program.
- Unable to provide consent in English
- Unable to complete either testing or intervention components (e.g. extended holiday)
Caregiver eligibility: Caregivers will be screened using the PAR-Q + questionnaire and will be required to obtain approval from a family physician should any safety concerns be identified.
Sites / Locations
- University of Alberta/ Cross Cancer Institute
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Therapeutic Yoga and Resistance Exercise
The individuals with lung cancer and their caregivers will participate in a combined intervention of yoga and resistance exercise for 8-week, two times/week. The dyad will attend a one-hour resistance exercise intervention at the start of the week and a one-hour yoga class with a break of one day between both interventions. The resistance exercise training will involve one-on-one personal exercise session, while the yoga intervention will be offered in a class setting. The participants will be allowed to make up for any missed resistance exercise session based on the available time. Pamphlets will be given demonstrating breathing exercises, meditation, postures, and core resistance exercises to facilitate programming.